Ptolemy XII, nicknamed Auletes (“the flutist” or “the piper”), lived a life thoroughly suffused with ruthless dynastic intrigue. He grew up during the reign...
Alexander Hamilton (c. 1755/1757-1804)
"Among the most formidable of the obstacles which the new Constitution will have to encounter may readily be distinguished the obvious...
This painting, by an unknown artist inspired by Giulio Romano (c. 1499-1546), strives to re-create the story of Emperor Constantine the Great (r. 306-337)...
This artwork, created around 1890 by Henry J. Pain and the Richmond Lithography Company, strives to re-create the catastrophic volcanic eruption of Vesuvius in...
This painting, by the Italian artist Giovanni Battista Langetti (c. 1635 - 1676), was inspired by a hellish myth about Sisyphus. According to ancient...
